PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Xiyu Janet Lin and Hyo Joo Kim had rounds that matched the beauty at Pebble Beach, each of them with a 4-under 68 on Thursday to share the lead in the first U.S.
Women's Open held at one of America's most famous courses. With only mild wind and a marine layer over the Monterey Peninsula that kept temperatures in the 50s, this was the gentle version of Pebble Beach.
This also is a U.S. Open, and it didn't take much to take a toll, especially at the top. The top four players in the world ranking were a combined 22-over par.
Jin Young Ko, the No. 1 player in women's golf, and Lilia Vu, who won the first LPGA major of the year, each shot 79. Rose Zhang, the 20-year-old Stanford sensation who won in her pro debut last month, wasted a good start with a double bogey on the eighth hole that slowed her momentum.